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Jones & Keefe: Is starting pitching a concern for the Red Sox?
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4/8/2025
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00:00
I haven't liked what I've seen out of Houck.
00:01
I haven't liked what I've seen out of Buehler.
00:04
Fitz, again, has been fine, but he's going to be out of the rotation in short order.
00:08
So I guess the glass-half-full way to look at it, Keith, is, well, Crochet's at the top.
00:14
He's been lights out.
00:15
Houck and Buehler should be better, and reinforcements are coming when you get to Bayo.
00:20
I don't think Cutter Crawford's anywhere near it.
00:22
We'll see with Giolito.
00:23
Doesn't sound like it.
00:23
But at least with Bayo, reinforcements should be on the way.
00:26
So you have four real starters, and then whoever your fifth starter is, a lot of teams have that problem.
00:31
I guess that's the glass-half-full way to look at it.
00:34
The way that I would look at it right now is I'd say you haven't had a good starter outside of Garrett Crochet.
00:39
Is starting pitching beginning to become a concern for this team?
00:43
Yeah, no, it is.
00:44
I think it has to be, and they may have reinforcements on the way, but what does that look like?
00:50
If one of those reinforcements is Lucas Giolito, then I don't know what to tell you.
00:54
Actually, let me strike this from the red.
00:56
Go ahead.
00:56
Hunter Dobbins had a nice start in there.
00:57
I shouldn't say nobody else has had a good start.
00:59
I don't think that guy's staying in the rotation.
01:02
In fact, is he already back in Worcester?
01:04
Well, that's true.
01:04
He did get Quinn Priest or Traded.
01:05
He had a Priester.
01:06
You see the Brewers got another pitcher, too?
01:08
They made a trade with the Orioles?
01:10
No.
01:10
They must be desperate for pitching.
01:12
So they're just making deals left and right.
01:13
Anyway, Dobbins isn't going to stick in the rotation, but he, at least, to his credit, had a nice start.
01:17
Yeah, yeah.
01:18
Crochet's been the only guy who's going to be in your rotation who's been any good.
01:20
He's been great.
01:21
They have played 11 games.
01:24
Quality start, perhaps not the best statistic out there, but, of course, six innings or more, three earned runs or less.
01:30
How many quality starts does the team have in 11 games?
01:36
Three.
01:36
I think we just identified them.
01:37
Correct.
01:38
Crochet and then the one from Dobbins, probably.
01:40
No, no, no.
01:40
Dobbins.
01:41
No, Fitz actually has two quality starts.
01:42
Fitz has two quality starts.
01:44
Fitz has two of the three.
01:46
Huh.
01:46
Dobbins only went five.
01:47
Oh, so there you go.
01:48
That's why.
01:48
So Dobbins only went five.
01:49
Yeah, so Fitz was, what, six and three runs both times?
01:50
He literally hit the metrics.
01:52
Yep.
01:52
Six and three.
01:54
So if that's what you get out of Fitz, I'll take it.
01:55
I mean, then Crochet had a bunch.
01:57
But again, it's 10 base runners.
01:59
No, I get it.
01:59
But, okay, so he has the most quality starts on the team.
02:02
Yes.
02:02
But what this boils down to is Walker, Bueller, and Tanner Houck.
02:06
Because I think whoever your 4-5 starter is, every team in baseball outside of the Dodgers
02:12
says the same thing.
02:13
Like, all right, six innings, three runs, you'll gladly take it.
02:16
If Dick Fitz does that every game, what a career year for Dick Fitz.
02:20
See you next time.
02:21
Alright.
02:21
Bye, Rebecca.
02:22
Bye.
02:23
Bye.
02:24
Bye.
02:24
Bye.
02:25
Bye.
02:26
Bye.
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